Construction of railway-cars.



A PATBNTED SEPT. 8, 1908. H. H. HARVEY & R. J. 000K. CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY CARS.

' APPLIOATION FILED MAR.16, 1907.

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No. 897,896. v v PATENTED SEPT. s, 1908.

H. 'H. HARVEY & R. J. 0001:.

CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.16,1907.

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cons'rnnc'rron or RAILWAY-CARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Sept. s, 1908.

Application filed March 16,1907. Serial no. 362,669.

To all whom it may. concern:

Y Be it known that we, HILLMAN H. HARVEY and RQYJ. COOK, citizens 'ofthe United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State .of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Construction of Railway-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

. This invention relates to an improvement In the construction of freight cars for railroads, and the invention consists in certain novel parts and devices and combinations of parts and devices, as hereinafter more fu set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying a part of this specification, Figures 1 and 2 taken together represent a side elevation of the car,' the one figure being a contnuation of the other. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectlon of the portion of the car shown in Fig.

taken on line 3'-3 of Fig.- elevation of-the car, one in section;

1, the section bein 4; Fig. 4 isan en half of said figure being shown and Fig. 5 is anenlarged horizontal section'of form or floor of t e secure the corner of the'c'artaken at the line 5-55 of edge, the planking which forms the sides 0 the car running Fig. 4.

n said drawin plankin which. forms 'the ends running across t e car. rest down upon most plank touches the of the roof structure.

14 indicates the side beams of the roof structure and 15 the end'beamsof said structure.

The above the flooring, and the upperside and mentioned longitudinal planks composing the side of the car arc-indicated at 16, and those composi-ngthe end of the carat 17. Extending from the side and end beams of the platform or floor structure, and the side and end beams ofthe roof structure are the steel uprights 18, 19' 20 and 21. The u rights 18 are shown as being lates, of su cient height to extend from t io floor to the roof of the car, and of sufficientwidth to accommodate two rows of bolts 181-, and a cenlly drawings which form lengthwise with the car and The lowermost plank may end beams tral stamped up 'stiiiening ridge 182. The

uprights 19 are madesomewhat wider than the .last described, are also provided with a double series of bolt holes 191, but are not i made with any stamped up stiffening ridge,

because these uprights are designed to occupy the space of the car side adjacent to the central door opening, and over them the i door (not shown in the drawing) is intended to slide.

'nished with a double row of bolt holes 201. in each win of the angle, position to t a bolt holes in'the uprights 21, and, the latter are made of the same dimensions'as the uprights 18 up stifieningridge.

In constructing the car, the uprights 18, 1-9,

20 and 21 are bolted to the platform frame,

for the boltsare applied in place edge to to the uprights by rivets The beams of the roof structure 14 andv 15 are then bolted or secured to per end oi the uprights and the steel transside beams of the roof structure, eaclncarlino extendin from one side beam across the roof to the ot e12: Then the longitudinal planks 23 forming the roof are laid upon and bolted to thecarlines, and this body. The'running board supports 25 and the on top of ,tep of the longitudinally running roofing an s.

At each side of' the car body,

and a-central shown three window openings, door opening. At each end ward which the opening the window opening and its shutter 27 formed. by cuttin'g someof the planks, at two points and joining them together by means of the steel straps to.

the longitudinal roof beam, and opens inwardly, extending from themiddl'e of one upright to the middle of the next one, so that the uprights serve as jambs. In addit on to the window 27, on the same side of the car, but at the other end, are two similar and somewhat smaller windows 28 and 29. In respect tot-hose windows bothv sides of the edge one'upon another, and bolted'orriveted means of-short bolts orthe up.-

we have 28, 28 bolted there- The shutter thus formed is hinged to The prights 20 are'made inthe form oian ang 'e,--see Fig. 5-and are furcorresponding -1n but have. no stamped,

and the planks preferably already bored,

verse carlines 22 are bolted or secured to the completesithe car 24; is erected upon bracket extensions 26,- the roof, after such-roofing inatef rial as is desired has been applied upon the of the car todoor slides is shown TIC car are similarly provided; that is .to say, on

both sides of the car there are three windows, two windows at one side of the door opening and one window at the other side of the door opening, both sides of the car being alike except that the two windows in the one side are arranged at that end ofthe car which contains the one window on the other side. This arrangement of windows makes the car well adapted for carrying many different kinds of freight; thus these openings permit the loading and unloading of lumber, are specially well adapted for handling of coal, and also permit the easy loading of grain at small stations where there is no elevator. l The method of construction of the corner l of the car is most clearly indicated at Fig. 5. The planksforming the side of the car and those forming the end of the car are butted 20, and two of the together, the outer surface of the end planks being brought flush withthe ends of the side planks and the roof beams are similarly framed together. One of the angle uprights v uprights 18'or '21 are ap' plied to the outside of the corner-thus built and bolts are passed through the uprights 18 t or 21 and 20, to the inside of the car, and through. the platform framing below and the I roof beams above. At the upper end of this I corner structure, and on the inside, to spe- I, to which they are cially'strengthen the roof structure, we apply the angle iron 30 bolted to the roof frame, and through the angle upright 20 and uprights I 18 or 21. This, all taken together forms an extremely rigid and strong structure, making-the ends of the car strong enough to withstand the usual severe shocks subjected. It will be understood by thoseskilled in scribed is very strong, and is also very simple and comparatively cheap, as it does away with all braces, girths, tie rods and internal sheathing; the planks which form the outside of the car form also the inside thereof. It will be further noted that nails are not used ini'this structure outside of the flooring,-

"each plank into each upright, and this we and that therefore there are no nails to work out; that the interior of the car is smooth andthat there is no chance for grain leakage, making the car es ecially valuable for that kind offreight. will be further noted by those familiar with the subject that the car has-a special advantage in being easy to inspent, and moreover, very easy t0.repair, as

well as being originally easy to build, as the framing and building and repairing will-consist largely in the mere application of bolts or rivets intheir proper predetermined places, no framing or mortising, tenoning or application of tie rods being required'." It

will be further notedthat this method of construction in a carof given outside width increases the interior available width of the ear from three to five inches, Which is a mat-' ter of great importance in the accommodation of freight, making it more freight in a given height of load.

The nature of the to put at least two bolts or rivets through endeavor to do, as

strains. It will further be noted that-in the manufacture of such cars, it is easy to do all of the boring for; the bolts through the wooden. portion of the structure before the car is erected, ;and as to the sheet steel or metallic portions, the bolt holes in these can be stamped out'or bored when the piece is made, so that the erection of the car is merely a matter of applying the bolts.

We claim: p

A car side Without interior framing, formed of planking placed edge on edge, and finished to present an interior plane surface, provided with exterior angle and intermediate posts, to all of which the planking is removably bolted,'substantially as specified.

HILLBMNH. J ROY J. COOK.

Witnesses: A

H. M. MUNDA'Y, D. J. BROWN.

possible to carry construction enables us I it greatly increases the Q strength of the structure as against diagonal 

